The House Committee on Appropriations

81st Legislature

May 8, 2009

12:00 p.m.

3W.9

 

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor and permission granted to meet while the House is in session on May 8, 2009, the House Committee on Appropriations met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Pitts, at 12:11 p.m.

 

The roll was answered as follows:

 

Present:              Representatives Pitts; Raymond; Aycock; Brown, Fred; Button; Chavez; Cohen; Creighton; Darby; Dukes; Eiland; Herrero; Miller, Doug; Riddle; Villarreal; Zerwas (16).

 

Absent:              Representatives Crownover; Driver; Edwards; Flores; Giddings; Hochberg; Isett; King, Susan; McClendon; Morrison; Otto (11).

 

A quorum was present.

 

HB 1306

 

The chair laid out HB 1306.

 

The chair recognized Representative Heflin to explain the measure.

 

(Representative Isett now present.)

 

(Representative Giddings now present.)

 

Representative Brown, Fred moved that HB 1306, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Pitts; Raymond; Aycock; Brown, Fred; Button; Chavez; Cohen; Creighton; Darby; Dukes; Eiland; Giddings; Herrero; Isett; Miller, Doug; Riddle; Villarreal; Zerwas (18).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Crownover; Driver; Edwards; Flores; Hochberg; King, Susan; McClendon; Morrison; Otto  (9).

 

At 12:15 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection, the meeting was adjourned.

 

 

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Rep. Pitts, Chair

 

 

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Courtney Reid, Clerk